When my sister started her blog in 2007, she included a few posts called "mama exposed." The idea was to expose some of her imperfections - the fish that were swimming in murky tanks, the messy closets she couldn't get to, etc.... I think that we all have things that we'd rather not advertise because we want to appear to be good moms who have it all together. But the reality of being a mom is that there is always something difficult, something we can't get to, somewhere that things are falling apart a little bit (or a lot), something we feel that we don't want to admit because we'd seem like terrible moms. Little by little, I'm going to unveil some of those things in my life for you to take a peek at. Why? Just keepin' it real. As my husband is fond of pointing out; life is messy. (not just in the organizational sense) Maybe you can relate and we can laugh a little. Keep an eye out for "mama exposed."
Here is a recent family photo: I love the looks on the girls faces - Hope is modeling the "life is perfect" fake mom-face, and Maddie is modeling the "mama exposed" face (not planned...just thought it was cute!)
I LOVE that picture!! Having real expressions vs the perfect ones. :)
Posted by: Kirsten | May 24, 2008 at 05:30 PM